Wal-Mart‚ 2007 Case Analysis International Business Executive Summary 4 Challenges 5 Re-Aligning the Marketing Strategy for Greater Relevancy 5 Figure 1: Wal-Mart Segmentation Strategy 8 Figure 2: Customer Segment Loyalty Analysis 10 Human Resources Lack Compliance and Governance 11 Figure 3: Wal-Mart’s Chain of Command 14 Ethnocentrism Rampant In Global Growth Strategies 15 Competitive Strategies must get Beyond Price Wars 18 Wal-Mart’s Competitors 19 Figure
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Analysis is used to identify and analyze the strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities‚ and threats to a business. Some of the strengths that can be looked for when doing a SWOT Analysis are‚ what advantages does your company have against other businesses‚ and what does your company do better than others? Some of the weaknesses that can be looked for when doing a SWOT Analysis are what does the business need to improve‚ what are your competitors offering that you aren’t? Some of the opportunities that
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Case Study 2: The Wal-Mart Way 1) Should Wal-Mart be expected to protect small businesses in the communities within which it operates? There is no rule that has been set that or law that has been written saying that any business whether large or small has to protect other businesses in the community in which it is located in. While because Wal-Mart has grown so big and its effecting small businesses all over the United States it almost feels like it should have to it still does not. 2)
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Wal-Mart‚ is an American multinational retailer corporation which was founded by Sam Walton in 1962 that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. Wal-Mart is considered to be a Hypermarket. Hypermarkets typically have business models focusing on high-volume‚ low-margin sales. They generally have more than 200‚000 different brands of merchandise available at any one time. The company is the world’s third largest public corporation‚ according to the Fortune Global 500 list
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according to our text‚ include: *valuable‚ *rare‚ *difficult to imitate‚*nonsubstitutable. Wal-Mart’s Core Competencies: 1. Culture- One core competency Wal-Mart has is its culture. Wal-Mart’s employees are hardworking‚ efficient‚ and process oriented. In the video “The Age of Wal-Mart” it pointed out that Sam Walton‚ founder of Wal-Mart‚ called his employees associates and treated them as partners. He wanted their input and ideas on how to make the company better. Also‚ no matter what
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in HRM that Wal-Mart undertakes that should be emulated by other organizations for their success. The critical areas for business success covered by the report include:- Human Resource Planning‚ HRM and the Law‚ Job analysis‚ job design and quality of work‚ recruiting human resources‚ employee selection‚ and human resource development. As a company‚ Wal-Mart is in the business of selling anything that a customer wish to have in everyday life. Wal- Mart is therefore expected to manage its human resource
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Tangible Resources Tangible resources are assets to the company. According to Shane Thornton who works for eHow‚ Tangible resources are anything and everything that helps a company operate and do business. Tangible items are similar to three of your five senses. The senses that companies use are sight‚ touch‚ and feel. The major component that is under this subject is Land‚ Labor‚ Capital‚ and Stocks. Land is one of the most important parts that are under the category of tangible assets
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tune with the U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The company functions globally an employs thousands of individuals. Wal-Mart is a private employer. This gives the company the opportunity to employ anyone. In addition the company can do business with whomever‚ as result China is one of Wal-Mart
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entertaining us. Especially when it comes to White Trash. From a Walmart fight to an Oklahoma party‚ below is the list of top 5 White Trash Youtube Videos. 1. White Trash Woman Racist People can be racist but this woman went a little bit too far. Drunk and stupid‚ she outlined the very nature of her Cro-Magnon heritage. I bet she would be a perfect addition to one of the local Florida zoos. Let her entertain us. 2. Trashy and Stupid Walmart Fight Do you like watching people fight? What if it’s a confrontation
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Wal-Mart Company Strategy This section will examine Wal-Mart ’s company strategy in several sections. Three elements of successful strategy formulation and a fourth element‚ which exemplifies the implementation process of company strategy‚ will be looked at. Followed by this‚ an analysis of key factors contributing to this strategy will be detailed. These include looking at Wal-Mart ’s competitive strategy‚ the CEO ’s leadership‚ and company strategy strengths and weakness assessment.
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